Sharp County record., 1887-09-15

it breaks tne Skull VI Ui0 ih0 -,
TO gather it. But woman glides so so1tIy
into the house of destitution, and hnds OUT
all the sorrows Of the place, and puts SO
oyiatlv the donation on the table, that
all the family come out on tue
front steps as she departs, ex-
nact.np that from under her
shawl she will thrust ous two wings and
90 right up toward Heaven, from whence
She seems to have come down. . Chris
tinn ycung woman! if you would make
yourself happy and win the blessing OF
Christ. 90 out among the destitute. A loaf
of bread or a bundle of socks may make
homelv load to carry, but angels OF God
will come out to watch, and the LORD
Almighty will give His messenger hosts a
charge. saving: "Look after that woman
Canopy her with your wings and shelter
her from all harm;" and while you are
seated in th, house of destitution and SUI
fering the little ones around the room Will
vhispeI. "Wro is she? Amt she beautl-
fulyu and if yot will listen right sharply
YOU will hear dipping down through the
leakv roof and 'olling over the rotten
stairs the angels chant that shook Bethle-
hem:
Glory to God in the highest
And on earth peace, good will to men.
Can YOU tell me why christian woman
going down among the haunts of iniqulty
on A Christian errand never meets with
anv indignity? stood in the chapel OF
Helen Chambers, the daughter of the
celebrated DR.. Chambers, in the most
abandoned part of the city Of Edinburgh,
and said to her as looked around upon
the fearful surroundings of that place;
"Do YOU come here nights to hold serV-
icesD 0Oh, yes." she said. "Can 1t be
possible thai you never met with an IN
suit while performing this CHRISTIAN
errandg" 'Neyer," she said, never"
That Young woman who has her father by
her side walking down the street, an
armed police at each corner, is not so
well defended as that Christian woman
who goes forth on gospel work into the
haunts of iniquity carrying inc
Bibles and bread God, with the
red right ar Of his wrath
omnipotent would tear to peices any one
who should offer indignity. He would
smite him with ligktnings. and drown
him with floods, and swallow him with
earthquakes, and damn him with eternal
indignation. Some one said: 81 dislike
very much to see that Christian woman
teaching those bad boys in the mission
school. am afraid to have her instruct
them.n "So," said another man, 81 am
afraid, too" Said the first: 81 am afraid
thev will use vile language before they
leave the place." "Ah," said the other
man, 81 am not afraid of that. What
am afraid of is that, if any Of those boys
should use bad word in that presence,
the other boys would tear him to pieces
and kill him on the spot" That woman is
the best sheltered who is sheltered by the
Lord God Almighty, and you need never
fear going anywhere where God tells us TO
go.
1t seems as II the Lord had ordained
woman for an especial work in the solicit
tation Of charities. Backed up by barrels
IN which there is no flour, aud by stoves in
which there is no fire, and by wardrobes in
which there are no clothes, a woman is ire
sstible; passing on her errand, God says
10 her: "You 90 into that bank, or store,
or shop, and get the money" She goes In
and gets it. The man is hard-fisted, but
she gets it. 1t is decreed from eternity
she should get il, No need of your turn
ing your back ana -prgrvrdfe s-TAa don't
hear; you do hear. There is no need OF
your saying you are begged to death
There is no need of your wasting your
time, and you might as well submit first
as last. You had better right away take
down your check book, mark the number
of the check, fill up the blank, sign your
name, and hand it to her. There is
no need of wasting time. These
Door children on the back street have
been hungry long enough. That SICK
man must have some farina. That con-
sumptive must have something to ease his
cough. meet this delegate Of relief so
ciety coming out of the store Of such a
hard- -fsted man, and l say: "Did you get
the money?" "Of course" she says, 81
got the money; that's what l went for.
The Lord told me TO go in and get it, and
He never sends me on FOOLS errand."
Oh, what great mistake those business
men make who never tell their business
troubles to their wives! There comes some
great loss to their store, or some OF their
companions in business play them sad
trick, and they carry the burden all alone.
He is asked in the household again and
again, "What is the matter?" but he be-
lieves it sort Of Christian duty to keep
all that trouble within his own soul. Oh,
sir, your first duty was to tell your wife
all about it. She, perhaps, might not have
disentangled your finances or extended
your credit, but she would have helped
YOU to bear misfortune. You have no
right to carry on one shoulder that which
is intended for two. There are business
men here who know what | mean. There
came a crisis in your affairs. You strug-
gled bravely and long, but after awhile
there came day when you said: Here
l shall have to STOP" and
you called in your partners,
and you called in the most prom
inent men in your employ, and you said
ave have got to stop" You left the store
You could hardly make up
your mind to pass through the street and
over on the ferry-boat. You felt every
body would be looking at you, and blam'
ing you, and denouncing you. You hast
ened home. You told your wife all about
the affair. What did she say? Did she
play the butterfly? Did she talk about the
silks, and the ribbons, and the fashionsy
No. She came up to the emergency. She
auailed not under the stroke. She helped
you to begin to plan right away. She Of
fered to go out of the comfortable house
into a smaller one, and wear the old cloak